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The 21 Day Composition Challenge

The 21 Day Composition Challenge - October 2018

Music I made at Tentacle Jam 2019 - theme "No upgrades, only downgrades"

Tentacle Jam 2019

Preview of the soundtrack for the game The Dreadful Whispers, developed by Noa Calice (Blackthornprod).

"A handcrafted adventure about overcoming fear and doubt. Will you defeat your inner demons or be crippled with regret?"

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1112340/The_Dreadful_Whispers/

The Dreadful Whispers will be released in summer 2019.

The Dreadful Whispers Soundtrack - Preview

2 Character Select

1 Title Screen

3 Fight

4 Dark Queen

5 Tunnel

6 Tall Tower

7 Big Baddie

Music I wrote for games in Ludum Dare 39.

Games can be found here:
- The Carpeted Man - https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/39/$35215
- Rejig The Ship - https://madmarcel.itch.io/rejig-the-ship

The Carpeted Man - Victory

A silly christmas song. Follows Santa on his dating adventures, and through his difficulties due to a lack of money as he doesn't get paid for his job.

Lyrics:

Verse 1
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I can take out, in my sleigh
I can take you up and far away
But we go a restaurant you'll have to pay
Cause I'm santa claus and I don't get paid

You ask me to pay, please don't flip
Ok but I can only affort the tip,
Well actually no, because I don't get a payslip
 Please don't let this be the end of this relationship

Take me out for a couple of drinks
And then to a place with a little more soul
And if you don't also pay for me
Next year you're gonna get a lump of coal

If you haven't got the cash, get out ma sleigh
You're going to be out on foot patrol
And if you don't also pay for me
Next year you're gonna get a lump of coal


Bridge
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So baby get your mitts on,
You're meeting donna and blitzen
We're going out
so bring some cash for me

Chorus
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Santa's dating, all over the world
Santa's dating haven't you heard

He'll take you back home, to the north pole
But he won't pay for anything because he's on the dole

He'll bring the best of presents, if you're naughty and nice
It can be the best of christmases, if you pay the price

You realise soon it doesn't matter how you feel,
He can't take you out cause his job isn't real 



Verse 2
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Take you to the cinema, get outdoors,
Let's watch a film about santa Claus,
Oh yes that's me let's watch a film about me,
I'll see if they'll let me in for free

They won't that sucks, they know my face,
I've snuck in before and stolen someone's place,
I thought the offence was rather mild,
But it was the seat of a very sick child

A night out is pretty hard
They've revoked all of my credit cards
Even if we go to another bar
I didn't pay my tabs so I've been barred

As I work, in a land without cash,
I find it hard to go out on the lash,
In my pocket, there's a hole,
I can only pay with threats of lumps of coal

Bridge
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Chorus
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Outro
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Oh baby baby please don't go
And if you are going to go, please give me some money,
£3.33, so I can pay the parking fee, on my sleigh,
And I'll be on my way

North Pole, North Dole

Rescore of the Tunic trailer.

Video here: https://youtu.be/TB3yNxUtVlI

Day 1 - Tunic Trailer Rescore

Sketch of a swinging piece for 2 pianos.

Covers "If It Ain't Got That Swing" and "The Forgotten Beats" from the quest log.

Swingaling (piano)

For this one, I kind of had a mountain trail in mind, with the music rising as you get closer and closer to the summit.

Using the "Compounding the Problem" writing prompt (in 5/4).

Day 3 - Approaching the Summit

An attempt an old school Sonic style track. 
Trying to git gud with FM synths!

Day 4 - FM Zone Act 1

For today I did an ambience track for underwater exploration, inspired by the "Deep Dive" prompt.

Featuring my housemate on the whale sounds!

Underwater (atmospheric)

I listened to Bergalicious​Def's https://soundcloud.com/bergaliciousdef/a-stretch-in-the-dark-of-night, and loved the sound so much that I've tried their approach and reworked a day one composition using Paul stretch.

This uses PaulXStretch on my day 1 composition https://soundcloud.com/daveallenbpm/day-1-tunic-trailer-rescore and I've added a few orchestral instruments (and a loooooot of reverb), trying to evoke a huge space with this ambient track.

Crystal Seas

Last day wooo!

For this one, I tried emulating the Nier: Automata soundtrack, which I'm pretty obsessed with at the moment.

The Final Battle

First day of the 21 days of VGM challenge!

Playing around with some strings on this one.

After The Battle (strings)

Quick piece for a player getting a major upgrade. I had a cutesy retro platformer feel in mind for this.

Day 2 - Power Up

Day 3 - Beach Time

Some ideas for a piece in the style of snail's house. Not much time today, so a bit of an abrupt end!

Day 4 - Space Hopping

A harpsichord ditty for the "If it Ain’t Baroque" prompt

Day 5 - Baroque

Doing "The John Williams" prompt today. This was fun!

Shuttle Launch (orchestral)

Junk Food Zombies (for game "You're Screwed")

Point Of Honour (for game "Point of Honour")

Sisyphean Jazz (for game "Bad Karma")

Red March (for game "All For One")

Trying out a time signature I don't use all that often - using 7/4 for this one.

Day 3 - Protect The Fort

Preview of the soundtrack for the game The Dreadful Whispers, developed by Noa Calice (Blackthornprod).

The Dreadful Whispers will be released in summer 2019.

Hope and Doubt

Flee!

After the Fall

My cover for the cover challenge set by Austin Wintory. For this one I've gone for the style of a dark waltz.

Austin Wintory Cover Challenge - Dark Waltz

Composer and sound designer based in London. I also make small ( and generally audio focused) games.

Dave Allen

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